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Many authors have speculated on how modern society would work if rather than 1 legal system you would have large companies that each have their own laws and enf
by belorn 6y ago
Many authors have speculated on how modern society would work if rather than 1 legal system you would have large companies that each have their own laws and enforcement. Usually the world is made into a dystopia.
I think a 1 government is in general more friendly to fringe or extremist people. Not that the laws are better, but government legal system must in its core treat everyone similar where same act done by two people are punished similarly. This aspect of law make people feel safe against arbitrary enforcement and that benefits both people of fringe as well as non-fringe views.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoI don't think we can enter science fiction stories into the evidence for this debate. They are fiction. The events in these books don't even necessarily reflect the beliefs of the authors. An author might simply write what would be entertaining to read, or what has been written in the genre before. Even if these fictional megacorps do reflect the widely held belief of genre authors, that doesn't serve as any kind of factual basis on which to base public policy.
- belorn 6y agoThat is true, through we do have historical evidence during the colonial times where large shipping companies were large enough to rival nations and had their own laws and enforcement. Later we also have large mining companies with their own towns, laws and enforcement. As far as I remember my history, companies that are larger than nation with their own laws and enforcement have not much nice things written about them.